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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

VRIGHTWALTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADJUSTABLE STONE-SAW sAsl-l.V

iPlElCIIICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361.033, dated April 12,1887.

" Application flied November 1s, isst; semi Nol 219,045. (No intact) To @ZZ whom it may' concern: 1

Be it known that I, WRIGHT WALTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Stone-Saw Sashes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and gures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a side elevation of my invention 5 Fig. 2, adetail sectional view,

on an enlarged scale, taken on line x a: of Fig.

l; Fig. 3, a similar view taken on line y y, and Fig. -i a det-ail sectional view taken on line c c. 1

The present invention has relation to thatv class of saws for cutting stone which has imparted to it a reciprocating motion through the medium of suitable machinery; and itconsistsin certain details of construction, substantially as shown in the drawings, and hereinafter described and claimed'.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the two side bars of the saw-frame,forrned of metal, preferably of the shape shown in cross-section, Figs. 2 and 3--thatis to say, upon each side ofthe bar are lianges a b-and terminate at their lower extremities in slotted heads B, as shown more clearly in Fig. 4.

In the slot of the heads B extend the extremities of the saw-blade C, provided with the usual tightening-bolts, c, which are attach ed at one end tothe extremities of thesawblade and pass loosely through holes in the heads, said bolts having screw-threads upon their outer ends, upon which engage suitable nuts for taking up any slack in the blade. Any well-known means may be employed for attaining this result, as I do not wish to be confined to the means shown.

Extending transversely through the heads B are setscrews d, the inner ends thereof Abearing against the sides of the saw-blade C,

by which means the blade can be set at any angle from a perpendicular, and firmly held in' such position by the set -screws above described, and as circumstances require. The side bars, A, are connected together above the saw-blade by means of braces D E, which extend parallel to each other and are suitably connected to brackets F. These brackets are formed with flanges e, which overlap the flanges b on the side bars, A, and thebrackets are held thereto by means of headed bolts f and nuts g engaging with the screw-threaded ends thereof, by which means the brackets may be adjusted vertically on the bars to admit of the saw-blade making any depth of cut desired.

The saw-frame is connected to the crankwheel G by means ofthe crank-arm 71, the latter being suitably pivoted to a block or clutch, H. This clutch consists of two inwardlyilanged plates, t', as shown in Fig. 2, the iianges overlapping the anges a of the side bars, A, and firmly clamped thereto by means of the screw-bolts k and nuts l. By loosening the screw-bolts the clutch H may be adj ustedvertically on the side bar, A, and fastened in its adj usted position by the nuts on the bolt, thereby keeping the point of attachment of the crank-arm 71J with the side bar, A, level with the crank-center, thus avoiding having a long crank-arm or pitman connection.

So far as concerns the means employed for rendering the saw-blade and the clutch ad justable, the brackets F and braces D E may be dispensed with, and any suitable devices or means may be employed for holding and brac- `ing the side bars, A` either constructed ot' wood or metal, as preferred.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i l. In a saw for sawing stone, the combina` tion, with the slotted side bars of the sawfraine and the saw-blade, of setscrews extending through the slotted portion of the bars and bearing against the blade at both top and bottom, whereby said blade may be adjusted sidewise or laterally to vary the angle of the blade from a perpendicular and held in its adjusted position' by means of the set-screws, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a mill for sawing stone, the brackets adjustable upon the side bars of the sawframe and having connected thereto suitable braces, in combination with the saw-blade and a pitman-clutch, also connected to and verti cally adjustable on the saw-frame, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed in y naine in the presence of two witnesses.

Vitnesses: VRIGHT VALTER.

SAME. D. ToREENoE, J. L. HEWLETT.

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